Far too often the construction of a Trailer/Teaser for a cinematic work is little more than a cliche assembly of the most dynamic action moments cut at together as quickly as possible. But for the teaser to the widely aclaimed BIOSHOCK (the opening sequence I blogged about and you can view here) Eyeball NYC stepped beyond the mold to producer a triler that was more interpretation that simple expose.
Digital Arts is carrying a short article that looks at the cocnept behind the creation of the trailer and the adapatation of the raw game content. the visual design of this game really does set new bench marks; not simplybecause it's extrodinarilly imaginative but even more so for its superbly well researched and informed design that draws on a deep history of archtecture and futurist thinking tied to the Art-deco and Art-Nuveo. These are designers who know how to fuse art and social history with raw imagintive vision. And if you dont believe me then its more than worth the 70mb download to pop over to Game Daily where they have the Art Book for the game availible for download as a hi-res PDF. It contains all the sketches, illustrations, concept drawings and paintings that fed the visual delight that Bioshock is.
